 By Jim Selman | Bio
I remember this phrase from the est
training in the 1970s. It was one of the maxims the people received at
the end of the program in ‘the little book of aphorisms’. This booklet
was filled with Werner Erhard’s insights on life and basically
reinforced the idea that ‘this is it’—life is what it is and reality
doesn’t care what we think. The point was to stop being victims and
‘make a difference’. It was a great experience for hundreds of
thousands of folks looking for answers to life’s big questions like
“Who am I?”, “What is my purpose?”, “What’s it all about?”…. and on and
on. The fact is that, in spite of VietNam and a lot of social unrest,
those were exciting times when young Americans were beginning to wake
up and take responsibility for their world.[ Read More]
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 By Jim Selman | Bio
In 1976 I was working with some government
employees in Virginia trying to implement a new system for integrating
human services—a kind of one-stop shop for all the various services
offered at that time. I had just finished the est training the previous
July and was overwhelmed with my own experience and the idea that a
person could transform themselves and their relationship to everything.
Until then, I had bought into the belief that people don’t really
change in fundamental ways, that personalities are fairly fixed, and
that it requires a major crisis to shift our perceptions of reality. It
was during that period that I formulated the idea that there were
things that could be managed or taught and other things that could not
be managed or taught but that could be “coached”. The difference had to
do with how we observe others and ourselves and how we relate to power
and responsibility.[ Read More]
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I saw a documentary film last night entitled, “Transformation: The Life
and Legacy of Werner Erhard”. I had heard a lot about it from many
friends who shared some of the ‘heady’ experience of working with him
in the 70s and 80s. The film was a very well done tribute to his work
and to the man I knew. I had expected that the film’s purpose was to restore his reputation
after his departure from the USA following a controversial ‘character
assassination’ piece on CBS’s 60 Minutes. I was pleased that
its focus was more on his work and the broad contribution that he has
made in so many areas of contemporary culture.[ Read More]
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